Application of glutathione depletion in cancer therapy: Enhanced ROS-based therapy, ferroptosis, and chemotherapy

B Niu, K Liao, Y Zhou, T Wen, G Quan, X Pan, C Wu - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Glutathione (GSH) is an important member of cellular antioxidative system. In cancer cells, a
high level of GSH is indispensable to scavenge excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) …

Engineering nanomedicine for glutathione depletion-augmented cancer therapy

Y Xiong, C Xiao, Z Li, X Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Glutathione (GSH), the main redox buffer, has long been recognized as a pivotal modulator
of tumor initiation, progression and metastasis. It is also implicated in the resistance of …

Reactive oxygen species in cancer: Current findings and future directions

H Nakamura, K Takada - Cancer science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive oxygen species (ROS), a class of highly bioactive molecules, have been widely
studied in various types of cancers. ROS are considered to be normal byproducts of …

Ceria‐based therapeutic antioxidants for biomedical applications

YG Kim, Y Lee, N Lee, M Soh, D Kim… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The growing interest in nanomedicine over the last 20 years has carved out a research field
called “nanocatalytic therapy,” where catalytic reactions mediated by nanomaterials are …

Relationships among smoking, oxidative stress, inflammation, macromolecular damage, and cancer

AW Caliri, S Tommasi, A Besaratinia - Mutation Research/Reviews in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Smoking is a major risk factor for a variety of diseases, including cancer and immune-
mediated inflammatory diseases. Tobacco smoke contains a mixture of chemicals, including …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances of cancer chemodynamic therapy based on Fenton/Fenton-like chemistry

C Cao, X Wang, N Yang, X Song, X Dong - Chemical science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Applying Fenton chemistry in the tumor microenvironment (TME) for cancer therapy is the
most significant feature of chemodynamic therapy (CDT). Owing to the mild acid and …

ROS generation and antioxidant defense systems in normal and malignant cells

AV Snezhkina, AV Kudryavtseva… - Oxidative medicine …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are by‐products of normal cell activity. They are produced
in many cellular compartments and play a major role in signaling pathways. Overproduction …

Copper-based metal–organic framework overcomes cancer chemoresistance through systemically disrupting dynamically balanced cellular redox homeostasis

J Liu, Y Yuan, Y Cheng, D Fu, Z Chen… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chemodrug resistance is a major reason accounting for tumor recurrence. Given the
mechanistic complexity of chemodrug resistance, molecular inhibitors and targeting drugs …

Hepatic transferrin plays a role in systemic iron homeostasis and liver ferroptosis

Y Yu, L Jiang, H Wang, Z Shen… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Although the serum-abundant metal-binding protein transferrin (encoded by the Trf gene) is
synthesized primarily in the liver, its function in the liver is largely unknown. Here, we …

Chemotherapy: a double-edged sword in cancer treatment

N Behranvand, F Nasri, R Zolfaghari Emameh… - Cancer immunology …, 2022 - Springer
Chemotherapy is a well-known and effective treatment for different cancers; unfortunately, it
has not been as efficient in the eradication of all cancer cells as been expected. The …